all the countries that i've spoken to in the region during the course of my trip, japan, south korea, malaysia and now the philippines, their message has been the same everywhere i go, which is they would like to resolve these issues peacefully and diplomatically. >> u.s. president barack obama there talking about fresh sanctions against russia. let's come back to our top story here and get the perspective from alstom and how the french are dealing with this competing offer from siemens with one on the table from ge. stephane, isn't this nearly a change of bedmates? >> reporter: france is not that close to international investors. recently we had a deal, last week between the publicist and a almacon, we will discuss that next with our guest here, thank you very much for being with us. do you have the feeling that the government is two dimensional? >> i don't think so. i think france is believing in free markets. we are a country that is open to international investors. france is a great place to invest, so, no, i don't think the government is. they are vocal, which is quite normal. we are in f